Führung und Herrschaft im Alten Testament
Anthropologische Perspektiven
Edited by Katharina Pyschny Edited by Sarah Schulz
Hardback (Forthcoming)
(January 2027)
ISBN: 9783162009265
6.1 x 9.13 inches
Price: $165.00
What makes individuals leaders in the Old Testament? The contributors to this volume bring together anthropology and leadership studies in eleven essays exploring how bodies, rituals, and social relationships shape the portrayal of leadership figures.
The contributors to this volume explore the intersections of anthropology and leadership in the Old Testament and advance the thesis that Old Testament conceptions of leadership can only be adequately understood when the anthropological assumptions underlying them are considered. Leaders are portrayed not merely as distinguished by social status, but as embodied social beings whose authority is constructed and reflected through bodies, rituals, relationships, and communicative practices.
Methodologically, this volume combines synchronic and diachronic exegesis with perspectives drawn from the history of religion, archaeology, iconography, and the cultural and social sciences. Geographically, its focus lies on Israel and Judah within the context of ancient Egypt, the Ancient Near East, and the ancient Mediterranean world, including Greece; chronologically, it addresses the literatures and cultures of the first millennium BCE. Theoretically, it engages with historical and theological anthropology as well as concepts of embodiment, sociality, and authority.
The analysis demonstrates that claims to leadership in the Old Testament are rooted in various spheres of experience within ancient societies, particularly the family, the state, cultic life, and law. Embodied and social spheres emerge as central analytical categories: bodily performances, clothing, rituals, prophetic practices, familial structures, representation, and both verbal and nonverbal communication shape the portrayal of leadership. For the first time, the contributors bring together Old Testament leadership studies and anthropology, opening new avenues for exegesis, the study of religion, ancient studies, and the cultural and social sciences.
Katharina Pyschny & Sarah Schulz: Vorwort
Teil 1: Leibsphäre - Körperinszenierungen und -praktiken
Andreas Wagner: Verkörperte Führung: Perspektiven auf Körper und Führung im Alten Testament - Kathrin Gies: Loner oder Leader? Stärke ohne Macht? Simson, Retter Israels (Ri 13-16) - Sarah Schulz: Der erweiterte Körper. Körpernahe Objekte als Medien von Identität und Handlungsmacht im Alten Testament - Nathan MacDonald: Kleidung als Symbol für die zwölf Stämme Israels - Ruth Ebach: „Sie torkeln vom Rauschgetränk und schwanken beim Sehen". Prophetie in Rausch und Ekstase als Komponente politischer Entscheidungsfindung
Teil 2: Sozialsphäre - Sozialität und Relationalität
Bernd Janowski: „Augen war ich für den Blinden" (Ijob 29,15). Anthropologische und soziale Aspekte alttestamentlicher Führungskonzepte - Katharina Pyschny: Führung und soziale Beziehungen: Ikonographische Perspektiven auf Führung und Relationalität - Maria Häusl: Führung als Familienangelegenheit. Zur Bedeutung familiärer Beziehungen von Führungspersönlichkeiten - Søren Lorenzen: Nehemiah, the Leader: Post-Exilic Leadership Styles and Their Societal Reverberations - Kathrin Liess: Alter und Führung. Zur Darstellung alter Führungspersönlichkeiten im Alten Testament - Andreas Schüle: Realität und Idealität. Messianische Erwartungen im Jesajabuch
- Edited by Katharina Pyschny
- Edited by Sarah Schulz
Other Titles in this Series
The Post-Priestly Pentateuch
New Perspectives on its Redactional Development and Theological Profiles
Volume 101
Die Ägyptenworte im Ezechielbuch
Eine literarhistorische und religionsgeschichtliche Analyse von Ez 29–32
Trugende Prophetenworte
Zum Umgang mit falscher und unerfullter Prophetie im Alten Testament im Kontext altorientalischer und antiker Divination
Volume 165
Gottes himmlische Wohnstatt
Transformationen im Verhaltnis von Gott und Himmel in tempeltheologischen Entwurfen des Alten Testaments in der Exilszeit
Volume 119
Schriftgelehrte Traditionsliteratur
Fallstudien zur innerbiblischen Schriftauslegung im Alten Testament
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Die JHWH-Religion und die Vorstellung göttlicher Gesetzgebung
Überschneidungen zwischen der Rechtsentwicklung und der Sphäre der Religion in der Geschichte des antiken Israel und Juda
Geschichte und Gebet
Die Rezeption der biblischen Geschichte in den Psalmen des Alten Testaments
Volume 94
Social Groups behind Biblical Traditions
Identity Perspectives from Egypt, Transjordan, Mesopotamia, and Israel in the Second Temple Period
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